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California police officers 'offered man's belongings to homeless after beating'
Source: Associated Press
California police officers 'offered man's belongings to homeless after beating'
Associated Press in San Francisco
Tuesday 29 March 2016 22.11 BST
Two northern California sheriff’s deputies seen beating a suspect on surveillance video last year offered the man’s belongings to homeless witnesses so they would not speak out about what they saw, the man’s attorney alleged.
Lawyer Michael Haddad said Alameda County deputies approached a homeless man in a San Francisco alley after the November beating of Stanislav Petrov and gave him Petrov’s large gold chain with a medallion, cash and cigarettes, the Oakland Tribune reported on Monday.
“I think it was implied that he wanted them to be quiet,” Haddad said of the exchange, adding that he had spoken with the homeless onlookers.
Sgt JD Nelson, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, told reporters that the agency was investigating.
“They are no better than the criminals they arrested, if these allegations are true,” Nelson said about the deputies.
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Associated Press in San Francisco
Tuesday 29 March 2016 22.11 BST
Two northern California sheriff’s deputies seen beating a suspect on surveillance video last year offered the man’s belongings to homeless witnesses so they would not speak out about what they saw, the man’s attorney alleged.
Lawyer Michael Haddad said Alameda County deputies approached a homeless man in a San Francisco alley after the November beating of Stanislav Petrov and gave him Petrov’s large gold chain with a medallion, cash and cigarettes, the Oakland Tribune reported on Monday.
“I think it was implied that he wanted them to be quiet,” Haddad said of the exchange, adding that he had spoken with the homeless onlookers.
Sgt JD Nelson, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, told reporters that the agency was investigating.
“They are no better than the criminals they arrested, if these allegations are true,” Nelson said about the deputies.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/29/california-police-officers-beating-video-offered-belongings-to-homeless-witness